Courses

The major scale

Goal
Build the major scale, play it across the neck, and move it to any key.
Time
1 hr 13 min

Steps

  • Whole steps and half steps
  • One position
  • Three notes per string
  • Keys

You need: A guitar in standard tuning and a metronome.

The major scale

The seven-note pattern behind most melodies.

You need

  • A guitar in standard tuning
  • A metronome (every lesson page has one)

What you’ll cover

  • The step recipe: W W H W W W H
  • One position, then three notes per string
  • Slide a shape to change key

Exercises

  1. 00 · 3 minInterviewTell your tutor what you know about this topic and what you want from it.
  2. 01 · 15 minWhole steps and half stepsBuild the major scale from whole and half steps on one string.
  3. 02 · 15 minOne positionPlay G major across all six strings in second position, to a metronome.
  4. 03 · 20 minThree notes per stringLearn the first two three-notes-per-string major patterns and connect them.
  5. 04 · 20 minKeysSlide a scale shape to a new root to change key; play one melody in two keys.